2007 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship

2007 Asian Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Thailand
Dates	5–13 September
Teams	13
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Japan (3rd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Miyuki Takahashi

The 2007 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship was the 14th Asian Championship, which took place from September 5 to September 13, 2007 in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.

Venues

• MCC Hall,The Mall Nakhon Ratchasima, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand

Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2005 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship.

* Withdrew

Preliminary round

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Thailand	2	1	0	75	36	2.083	3	0	MAX
2	Australia	1	0	1	36	75	0.480	0	3	0.000

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
05 Sep	16:00	Thailand	3–0	Australia	25–13	25–11	25–12			75–36

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	4	2	0	150	60	2.500	6	0	MAX
2	Vietnam	3	1	1	115	105	1.095	3	3	1.000
3	Sri Lanka	2	0	2	50	150	0.333	0	6	0.000

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
05 Sep	10:00	Vietnam	3–0	Sri Lanka	25–11	25–9	25–10			75–30
06 Sep	15:30	China	3–0	Vietnam	25–14	25–11	25–15			75–40
07 Sep	12:00	Sri Lanka	0–3	China	6–25	6–25	8–25			20–75

Pool C

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Kazakhstan	6	3	0	225	140	1.607	9	0	MAX
2	Chinese Taipei	5	2	1	204	157	1.299	6	3	2.000
3	New Zealand	4	1	2	183	243	0.753	3	7	0.429
4	Iran	3	0	3	175	247	0.709	1	9	0.111

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
05 Sep	11:30	New Zealand	0–3	Chinese Taipei	19–25	6–25	13–25			38–75
05 Sep	20:00	Kazakhstan	3–0	Iran	25–10	25–16	25–12			75–38
06 Sep	11:30	Kazakhstan	3–0	New Zealand	25–15	25–16	25–17			75–48
06 Sep	13:30	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Iran	25–10	25–13	25–21			75–44
07 Sep	10:00	New Zealand	3–1	Iran	25–23	25–20	20–25	27–25		97–93
07 Sep	13:30	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Kazakhstan	22–25	16–25	16–25			54–75

Pool D

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	6	3	0	225	125	1.800	9	0	MAX
2	South Korea	5	2	1	202	164	1.232	6	3	2.000
3	Indonesia	4	1	2	166	198	0.838	3	6	0.500
4	Uzbekistan	3	0	3	119	225	0.529	0	9	0.000

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
05 Sep	13:00	South Korea	3–0	Indonesia	25–17	25–19	25–11			75–47
05 Sep	18:00	Japan	3–0	Uzbekistan	25–8	25–10	25–11			75–29
06 Sep	18:00	Japan	3–0	South Korea	25–18	25–15	25–19			75–52
06 Sep	20:00	Uzbekistan	0–3	Indonesia	16–25	16–25	16–25			48–75
07 Sep	18:00	Japan	3–0	Indonesia	25–16	25–15	25–13			75–44
07 Sep	20:00	South Korea	3–0	Uzbekistan	25–13	25–15	25–14			75–42

Classification round

• The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the classification round.

Pool E

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Thailand	6	3	0	243	171	1.421	9	1	9.000
2	Kazakhstan	5	2	1	231	187	1.235	7	3	2.333
3	Chinese Taipei	4	1	2	183	202	0.906	3	6	0.500
4	Australia	3	0	3	128	225	0.569	0	9	0.000

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
08 Sep	13:30	Kazakhstan	3–0	Australia	25–16	25–11	25–13			75–40
08 Sep	15:30	Thailand	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–12	25–19	25–23			75–54
09 Sep	16:00	Thailand	3–1	Kazakhstan	18–25	25–20	25–17	25–19		93–81
09 Sep	20:00	Australia	0–3	Chinese Taipei	11–25	19–25	22–25			52–75

Pool F

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	6	3	0	229	173	1.324	9	0	MAX
2	China	5	2	1	238	189	1.259	6	4	1.500
3	South Korea	4	1	2	225	273	0.824	4	8	0.500
4	Vietnam	3	0	3	196	253	0.775	2	9	0.222

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
08 Sep	18:00	Japan	3–0	Vietnam	25–20	25–16	25–16			75–52
08 Sep	20:00	China	3–1	South Korea	19–25	25–15	25–16	25–14		94–70
09 Sep	10:00	China	0–3	Japan	23–25	27–29	19–25			69–79
09 Sep	14:00	Vietnam	2–3	South Korea	17–25	25–18	25–18	25–27	12–15	104–103

Pool G

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	New Zealand	2	1	0	97	93	1.043	3	1	3.000
2	Iran	1	0	1	93	97	0.959	1	3	0.333

Pool H

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Indonesia	4	2	0	150	104	1.442	6	0	MAX
2	Sri Lanka	3	1	1	164	183	0.896	3	5	0.600
3	Uzbekistan	2	0	2	156	183	0.852	2	6	0.333

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
08 Sep	11:30	Sri Lanka	3–2	Uzbekistan	25–21	21–25	21–25	26–24	15–13	108–108
09 Sep	11:30	Sri Lanka	0–3	Indonesia	20–25	17–25	19–25			56–75

Final round

• The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the previous rounds shall be taken into account for the final round.

Classification 9th–12th

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
9	Indonesia	6	3	0	227	168	1.351	9	0	MAX
10	Sri Lanka	5	2	1	250	256	0.977	6	6	1.000
11	New Zealand	4	1	2	256	275	0.931	5	7	0.714
12	Iran	3	0	3	227	261	0.870	2	9	0.222

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Sep	09:00	New Zealand	2–3	Sri Lanka	25–18	25–27	25–21	16–25	13–15	104–106
11 Sep	13:30	Indonesia	3–0	Iran	25–14	25–19	26–24			76–57
12 Sep	09:00	Iran	1–3	Sri Lanka	25–13	18–25	21–25	13–25		77–88
12 Sep	11:30	New Zealand	0–3	Indonesia	13–25	18–25	24–26			55–76

Championship

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	14	7	0	576	419	1.375	21	2	10.500
2	China	13	6	1	541	387	1.398	18	4	4.500
3	Thailand	12	5	2	596	539	1.106	16	10	1.600
4	South Korea	11	4	3	591	589	1.003	15	13	1.154
5	Kazakhstan	10	3	4	554	524	1.057	13	12	1.083
6	Chinese Taipei	9	2	5	405	485	0.835	6	15	0.400
7	Vietnam	8	1	6	494	569	0.868	6	19	0.316
8	Australia	7	0	7	303	548	0.553	1	21	0.048

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
10 Sep	12:00	Japan	3–0	Australia	25–10	25–13	25–12			75–35
10 Sep	13:30	Kazakhstan	2–3	South Korea	24–26	31–29	23–25	25–19	11–15	114–114
10 Sep	16:00	Thailand	3–1	Vietnam	26–24	25–21	22–25	25–20		98–90
10 Sep	18:00	China	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–11	25–17	25–13			75–41
11 Sep	12:00	Japan	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–12	25–16	25–20			75–48
11 Sep	16:00	Thailand	3–2	South Korea	22–25	20–25	25–20	25–17	15–13	107–100
11 Sep	18:00	China	3–0	Australia	25–5	25–15	25–15			75–35
11 Sep	20:00	Kazakhstan	3–0	Vietnam	25–17	25–17	25–17			75–51
12 Sep	14:00	Australia	1–3	Vietnam	11–25	25–23	21–25	11–25		68–98
12 Sep	16:00	Kazakhstan	0–3	China	21–25	22–25	16–25			59–75
12 Sep	17:30	Thailand	1–3	Japan	25–27	18–25	25–23	17–25		85–100
12 Sep	20:00	Chinese Taipei	0–3	South Korea	17–25	16–25	25–27			58–77
13 Sep	11:30	South Korea	3–0	Australia	25–17	25–13	25–7			75–37
13 Sep	14:00	Japan	3–1	Kazakhstan	22–25	25–16	25–18	25–16		97–75
13 Sep	16:00	Thailand	0–3	China	18–25	26–28	19–25			63–78
13 Sep	18:00	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Vietnam	25–15	25–20	25–21			75–56

Final standing

Rank Team 01 !  Japan 02 !  China 03 !  Thailand 4  South Korea 5  Kazakhstan 6  Chinese Taipei 7  Vietnam 8  Australia 9  Indonesia 10  Sri Lanka 11  New Zealand 12  Iran 13  Uzbekistan Qualified for the 2007 World Cup and 2008 Olympic Qualifier Qualified for the 2008 Olympic Qualifier

2007 Asian Women's Champions  Japan Third title Team Roster Megumi Kurihara, Yoshie Takeshita, Megumi Itabashi, Miyuki Takahashi, Asako Tajimi, Sachiko Sugiyama, Kumiko Sakino, Erika Araki, Saori Kimura, Kanako Omura, Yuko Sano, Yuki Shoji Head Coach: Shoichi Yanagimoto

Awards

• MVP: Miyuki Takahashi
• Best Scorer: Yelena Pavlova
• Best Spiker: Xue Ming
• Best Blocker: Pleumjit Thinkaow
• Best Server: Saori Kimura
• Best Setter: Nootsara Tomkom
• Best Digger: Wanna Buakaew
• Best Receiver: Yuko Sano

References

• Asian Volleyball Confederation
• Results